Song · Billie Eilish
“Bury A Friend” by Billie Eilish
From the album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (2019)
“Bury A Friend” by Billie Eilish appears on 10 radio countdowns from 9 stations between 2019 and 2025. It was first released in 2019 on the album WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?. Its best result is #15 on The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #11 alternative song of 2019 and #334 of the '10s.
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"Bury a Friend" arrived on 30 January 2019 as the third single from Billie Eilish's debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and one of its lines gave the album its title. Eilish wrote it with her producer Finneas O'Connell, and she sings from the point of view of the monster under somebody's bed.
The sound is stripped to the bone: hip-hop beats, industrial clank, percussion and a synthesizer, with her voice whispered and smeared through layers of effects. Critics heard Marilyn Manson, Lorde and Kanye West in the mix. Michael Chaves directed a horror-flavoured video in which Eilish lurks under the bed of the rapper then known as Crooks, who adds uncredited vocals. It went to number one in Sweden and Latvia and went triple platinum in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 27 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2019 | 91 |
| 2019 | 30 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 33 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2019 | 50 |
| 2019 | 15 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2019 | 89 |
| 2019 | 23 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2019 | 88 |
| 2019 | 24 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2019 | 103 |
| 2019 | 35 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 40 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2025 | 319 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 676 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
Also listed as: bury a friend; Bury a Friend.
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